Modern US HIstory 1960s Timeline

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    Kennedy's Presidency

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    The New Frontier

  • Kennedy-Nixon Debate

  • 1960 Election

  • Peace Corps Proposed

  • Alliance for Progress Proposed

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    Warren Court Rules on Rights of the Accused

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

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    Berlin Crisis

  • The Other America Published

  • John Glenn Orbits the Earth

  • Baker v. Carr

  • Engel v. Vitale

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    Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Equal Pay Act

  • Kennedy Assassination

  • Lyndon Johnson Sworn in

  • Warren Commission Formed

  • Economic Opportunity Act Passed

  • Great Society Proposed

  • 1964 Election

  • Medicare and Medicaid Passed